This would have been a great gig if it wasn’t for the fucking shit venue that is the Roadhouse in Manchester.

We turned up at around 8.30, the first band was supposed to have been on at 8pm so we figured we’d just skip those, maybe catch the second band, and then watch who we’d come to see. It didn’t turn out like that though as after standing around for about 40 minutes Ex-Models came on unannounced and played their set, finishing real early at around 10pm.

If you haven’t heard them before, they’re really experimental and very random but with just enough coherency to save you having to concentrate too hard on what they’re doing. Their live show was superb, they played stuff old and new (although mainly material from their new album I think), but the venue totally let it down. The sound sucks in that place, and it’s a weird arrangement which means that when a band is on you can only really see properly from like 1/5th of the room. It also lacks in atmosphere, I can’t put my finger on it but it’s just not there at all.

I didn’t manage to take any photos (again, because of the shit layout of the place), so I lucked out there also.

Ah well. Not an entirely successful night, but I guess it beats just sitting around at home doing nothing in particular.